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Formula One: Back Lewis Hamilton to win in China from pole position

"It is clearly a track which suits both Hamilton and Mercedes – Lewis has won here twice and finished on the podium in each of the past three seasons, whilst Nico Rosberg won his and the team’s first race here last year from pole position."

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His motivation and reasons for moving from McLaren to Mercedes have been debated at length since Lewis Hamilton announced he was to join the Silver Arrows this season, but in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix Hamilton secured pole position to underline the improvement Mercedes has made this year.

It is clearly a track which suits both Hamilton and Mercedes - Lewis has won here twice and finished on the podium in each of the past three seasons, whilst Nico Rosberg won his and the team's first race here last year from pole position. Hamilton is therefore well-placed to repeat the trick and his odds of victory at 3.259/4 offer better value than they might if Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso were occupying pole position. If you're predicting a weekend of Hamilton domination, back him at 5.59/2 to take the win from pole position and set fastest lap on the way.

Alongside Lewis is Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen, who didn't look especially fast throughout qualifying but banged in a time when it mattered most, just over a quarter of a second behind the Mercedes and marginally ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, with Rosberg fourth in the other Mercedes. Raikkonen 4.57/2 will be hoping to repeat his Melbourne trick of stopping one less time than his rivals and if he can achieve it, ought to be a strong contender for victory. You can also never discount Alonso - his Ferrari has looked quick all weekend, evidenced by Felipe Massa being right up there in the standings also - and offers a chance of a good return at 4.77/2 for victory in Shanghai on Sunday.

Red Bull opted for a contrary strategy with Sebastian Vettel, qualifying ninth on the medium tyres. They will hope this will pay off later in the race, by running longer than their soft tyre-shod rivals and switching onto the faster rubber late in the race, hoping to pick off any places in the process. It's risky, but ought to give Vettel a decent chance of a podium finish and he's worth backing at 1.9110/11. If you're feeling really brave then he's available at 6.86/1 for the win.

Check back later before deciding where to put your money in relation to Mark Webber, for the Aussie has yet to hear if he will start from the back of the grid after running out of fuel in second qualifying. In 2011 Mark went from 18th to third so if he ends up last, it's not beyond the realms of possibility he could snare a top six finish. At the moment his odds of 1.51/2 are based on his starting position of 14th, but will improve if, as seems likely, he'll be demoted for his fuel irregularity.

Paul di Resta should also be considered for a points finish at 1.738/11 - the Scotsman starts 11th with a free choice of tyres and, whichever strategy he chooses, needs to only make up one place in order to secure a point come the end of the race. He will probably be eyeing the Toro Rosso of Daniel Ricciardo, which qualified seventh but could fall backwards on race day.

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F1 Betting: Can Hollywood Hamilton regain the glory?

Formula One / Ralph Ellis / 07 March 2012 / Leave a Comment

"Hamilton's car was off the pace last year. But so was he. Trailing champion Sebastian Vettel by 165 points at the end of the campaign might have been excusable - ending 43 behind his McLaren team mate Jenson Button definitely wasn't."

No-one doubts Lewis Hamilton's ability but all has not gone to plan since winning the Drivers' Championship in 2008 and the Brit could be a top-three lay at [1.9], according to Ralph Ellis

There's one big question about the 2012 Formula One season that won't be answered until the first race in Melbourne: which Lewis Hamilton will turn up?

Will it be the one who was so single mindedly obsessed with winning his first world title in an amazing season for McLaren in 2008? Or will it be the distracted, impatient, accident waiting to happen who competed in most of the Grand Prix races in 2011?

Hamilton's ability as a driver has never been in question. He has the natural instincts of a racer, and the story of how he came from a broken home in Stevenage, with no history in motorsport, to become arguably Britain's biggest motor racing star of the 21st Century is the stuff of Hollywood.

Unfortunately it seems that in the last couple of years it's been Hollywood that's taken over. Lewis has lapped up the celebrity lifestyle and his on-off relationship with former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger was unquestionably a distraction last year. Yes, his car was off the pace. But so was he. Trailing champion Sebastian Vettel by 165 points at the end of the campaign might have been excusable - ending 43 behind his McLaren team mate Jenson Button definitely wasn't.

Hamilton's star quality explains why he is [1.9] to be back in the top three drivers this season. But even with a car that, by all accounts, will be far more competitive it's still far too uncertain whether Lewis himself will be properly focused.

David Coulthard has warned today that Hamilton's relationship with his glamorous girlfriend could still cast a shadow on his performance - especially if it means frequent flights to LA. The BBC1 pundit said: "I don't think it is going to be good if you are clocking up lots of miles in between events."

Hamilton's camp insist that his approach will be different this year. They believe his decision to move his home from Switzerland to Monaco will help him be more focused. And Nicole's break with The X Factor means she can spend more time in Europe to cut down on his travelling.

But it still leaves a doubt to suggest that if anybody from the Woking team will give Red Bull a run for their money this season it is still more likely to be Button. He is [10.5] in the Drivers' Championship betting and, based on last season, that looks far more like value.

Five things you might not know about David Coulthard
1. Born March 1971 in the tiny Scottish village of Twynholm, he was born literally on four wheels - his mum was still on the trolley going into the labour ward!

2. His grandfather had driven in the Monte Carlo rally, and father Duncan had been Scottish karting champion before giving up racing to concentrate on running the family haulage business

3. He suffered from bulimia as a teenager as a result of keeping his weight low enough to be more competitive in kart racing.

4. His business interests include a string of hotels - the Dakota in Edinburgh won the title of Scotland's best hotel restaurant in 2008. Until two years ago he owned the Columbus in Monaco, but sold it for more than £30million.

5. He met the Spice Girls at the height of their fame, but they didn't know who he was. He introduced himself as "I'm David Coulthard, the driver", and got the reply: "Oh, right, what time are you coming to pick us up?"

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British GP: Webber take pole, Hamilton way down the grid

Formula One / Joe Dyer / 09 July 2011 / Leave a Comment

Mark Webber denies hot favourite Vettel at the top of the grid while there are mixed fortunes for the British drivers

There's a Red Bull occupying pole position on the Silverstone grid for the British Grand Prix - but it's not the car of championship leader Sebastien Vettel.

Team-mate Mark Webber produced a flying lap to take the no.1 slot with Vettel - who was matched at [1.42] In-Play - just in behind him on the grid. The top three is rounded out by Fernando Alonso. Webber was matched at [16.0] to qualify fastest.

There was a mixture of joy and despair for the British drivers. Three made the top ten with McLaren's Jenson Button the highest up the grid in fifth, but team-mate Lewis Hamilton will be slumming it with the also-rans in tenth.

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European Grand Prix Betting: Hamilton hopes fade with Red Bull 1-2

Formula One / James Frankland / 25 June 2011 / Leave a Comment

Sebastian Vettel starts on pole in Valencia

"I expect to see a straight fight between the Red Bull pair but it’s hard to look beyond Vettel for the victory."

The world champion and his team-mate lead on the grid in Valencia and, with a dry race forecast, James Frankland can't see any way back in for the McLarens.

Sebastian Vettel secured his 22nd career pole position in Valencia, the seventh from eight races for the 2010 World Champion. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber made it an all-RB7 front row, lapping just two tenths of a second slower, with perennial second-rowers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso third and fourth.

The teams went into the weekend with a ban on 'hot-blown' exhausts - where fuel is ignited in the exhaust pipe and fed through the diffuser to generate more downforce - expected to upset the competitive order but, as most things appear to be more or less equal after today's qualifying, we can conclude that the ban has affected each team to about the same degree.

No rain is expected to fall during tomorrow's race so we're unlikely to see a topsy-turvy contest such as the rain-delayed four hour epic that was served up two weeks ago in Canada. With the absence of rain, also gone are the best hopes for the likes of Hamilton, Alonso and their McLaren and Ferrari stablemates to upset the leading duo. I expect to see a straight fight between the Red Bull pair in tomorrow's race but, as ever, it's hard to look beyond Vettel for the victory.

Given the street track nature of the Valencia circuit, there's a high likelihood of the safety car making an appearance, although probably not as often as the five occasions it was seen in Canada. Williams' Pastor Maldonado caused a red flag in qualifying after his car conked out in a tricky spot, so backing the safety car to appear at [1.98] seems a sensible option.

Another stat which came my way recently was that, despite his seven pole positions and five wins this year, Vettel has not set a single fastest lap during any race in 2011. Webber at [1.64] is the favourite for race pace tomorrow - hardly surprising as he occupies the same machinery as Vettel - but Hamilton and [3.25] and Alonso at [4.3] are also worth looking at.

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi has been a man to watch this year, with bold overtaking moves and good strategy seeing him claw back positions and points. Last year at this race he surprised everyone by running until four laps from the end on the same set of tyres, then switching and gained two places, including overtaking Alonso's Ferrari, on his way to seventh place. The Japanese starts 14th in tomorrow's race and is available at [1.9] for a points finish.

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Race of the Day / Timeform / 02 June 2011 / Leave a Comment

John Hills: Trains Gobama

"Gobama ended 2010 below form in listed races, but her latest third at Kempton behind one who was on a particularly good mark reads very well ahead of a return to her favoured surface."

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Gobama improved in 2010, winning mile handicaps at Newmarket and Thirsk. She showed she was on the way back with a good third to one very well treated on the AW last time and has clear chance on her return to turf.

Amethyst Dawn progressed well last year, winning four times up to a mile. She had been looking as if she was working her way back to match sharpness until a never-threatening run at Ripon last time, but is well handicapped if that just a blip.

Granny McPhee thrived last year, winning four handicaps, and was back to her best when overcoming her usual tardy start at Chester last month. She has shaped better than the bare result both starts since, but this looks a barely adequate trip.

She's A Character has a patchy record but capitalised on a drop in the weights when going in by four lengths at Doncaster in April. She is back up to the sort of mark off which she has struggled before and it seemed to find her out at Haydock last time.

Whispering Spirit has built up an excellent record on polytrack, winning four times on that surface in 2010, but showed little on her reappearance and still goes without headgear now having a rare run on turf.

Askaud won a seven-furlong Thirsk maiden last year when trained by Jeremy Glover. She improved when second to Beatrice Aurore in a handicap over a mile at Goodwood on her reappearance and is easily forgiven her latest run in view of her overall profile.

Oceanway improved with each of her three runs in maidens in 2010, getting off the mark in emphatic fashion at Kempton. She has been well below form so far this year though and looks up against it taking on her elders.

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Monaco Grand Prix: Championship needs a Hamilton win

Formula One / Ralph Ellis / 25 May 2011 / Leave a Comment

Lewis Hamilton at Monaco last year

“It’s a downforce track, and there are no high speed corners in either race. The gap between my car and Vettel's will be closer.”

He drove superbly in Barcelona but Lewis Hamilton is 41 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. Ralph Ellis believes this weekend's Monaco race is a chance for the Brit to turn his season around.

Monaco has always been the Grand Prix of the season. There's just something about the glitz and glamour of the street race that captures your imagination.

If you've ever driven into Monte Carlo on holiday you'll know the feeling. Come down the windy road wrapped around the hillside, and suddenly you find yourself going through the tunnel leading towards the harbour where the multi-million pound yachts are moored. You're on the track. Can you resist opening the window a bit more to let the air rush through, and putting your foot down to go that bit quicker? Not a chance.

The event ticks every box of what Grand Prix racing should be all about. It oozes excitement, drips with wealth, with the luxury boats and blue sky as a stunning backdrop. It's the one race of the season you watch on the telly and think: "I wish I was there."

Just to add to the iconic feel, this Friday sees the general release of the movie Senna, a moving tribute to the man who was king of the Monte Carlo circuit, winning a record six times around its twisty, steel-lined streets.

But this year Formula One wants more than just a glamour movie from Monaco. If there's ever been a time when the sport needed to grab our attention with its Blue Riband event it's now. Five races in, Sebastian Vettel has won four of them and has a 41 point lead in the Drivers' Championship. He's [2.0] favourite to make that five wins in six. The season is in danger of being over before it's barely started.
So Monaco, with its twisty street circuit where a driver's ability is more crucial than his car, needs to come to the rescue. And more especially so does Lewis Hamilton.

The McLaren star drove a fantastic race in Barcelona last week to push Vettel all the way to the finishing line. But the result pretty much summed up how you fear his season will progress. Good, but not good enough. Monaco probably represents the only chance to turn that round.

Sunday's race will be followed by another street circuit in Montreal, and Hamilton says that's two chances to collect 25 points. "It's a downforce track, and there are no high speed corners in either race. The gap between my car and his will be closer," is his verdict.

Let's hope so, and not just because you can back him at a very healthy [6.0] to follow his words with actions. Pirelli's new tyres have added some good action to this season, but the battle has to happen at the front of the race and not just through the middle ranks to make it interesting.

In short we need one of Monte Carlo's champagne moments. And Hamilton is probably the only man who can make it happen.

Five things you might not know about Ayrton Senna

1. Born in Santana, a region of Sao Paulo, in March 1960, his father Milton da Silva was a wealthy landowner. Mother Neide Senna da Silva's family were originally from Italy. He took mum's name when he started racing as da Silva was too common
2. As a child he was a brilliant gymnast, but he developed an interest in motorsport after his dad built him a Go Kart using a lawnmower engine.
3. He was South American Karting champion and twice runner up in the world championships, but his first move into motor racing was halted when his parents insisted he return home from a trip to England to work in the family business. Thankfully for the world of Formula One he rebelled a few months later and returned to Europe
4. During his life he insisted on keeping secret his charity work for poor children in Brazil. He had actually donated millions, and the fund he founded with sister Vivianne has now invested more than 80million dollars in various long term projects.
5. He was a keen fisherman

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Lewis Hamilton wins thrilling Chinese Grand Prix

Formula One / Maxliu / 17 April 2011 / Leave a Comment

Lewis is 3.9 to win the Drivers' Championship

"Hamilton drew on every ounce of his ability and intelligence to secure a dramatic victory which leaves him trading at [3.9] to win a second Championship of his career."

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Lewis Hamilton is only 18 points behind Sebastien Vettel in the Drivers' Championship after he overcame the German to win the Chinese Grand Prix with a late charge.

Hamilton drew on every ounce of his ability and intelligence to secure a dramatic victory which leaves him trading at [3.9] to win a second Championship of his career. He described the win as, "one of the best races I've experienced," and spoke of how he had tried to pick up pace while nursing his tires.

Indeed, the British driver who made three stops, one more than Vettel, used his fresh tyres to work his way up the field and over take the leader with four laps remaining.

Behind Vettel, Jenson Button was denied a podium place by Mark Webber who put in an astonishing drive to finish in third, having start the race in 18th.

Vettel, who has started the 2011 season with two victories and a second place finish, remains Championship favourite at [1.83] but Hamlton's victory certainly shakes things up at the top of the table. Punters will eagerly await the next Grand Prix, which takes place in Turkey on May 8.

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Malaysian Grand Prix: Hamilton not far from a winning formula

Formula One / Ralph Ellis / 05 April 2011 / Leave a Comment

Anthony and Lewis have made their peace

"If the Australian Grand Prix was about the car – so Vettell won because his was quickest – then this week in Sepang will be much more to do with the driver."

While other stars whinge and curse, Lewis Hamilton is showing remarkable signs of maturity, says Ralph Ellis. But can he follow up his impressive performance in Australia with a win at Sepang this weekend?

I don't know about you, but I get fed up hearing about the pressure of being a superstar. People say that's why Wayne Rooney is so angry. They tell you it's why Tiger Woods can be the most surly man on a golf course. But frankly it's a lot of old nonsense.

Faced with an intrusive media, a public that wants to share every moment, and 'experts' who want to criticise your every move you can spend your time feeling resentful or you can relax, accept it's part of the price of fame and fortune, and share your life with the people who are paying your huge wages.

Encouragingly, it's a lesson that Lewis Hamilton seems to be learning. A couple of years ago you worried he was in overdrive heading towards the 'me, me, me' syndrome, but thankfully he appears to be growing up. As an example he slipped quietly into Brands Hatch at the weekend to watch younger brother Nicolas make his motor racing debut, and left little trace - apart from a lot of smiling faces.

You have to respect his enthusiasm for both his family and his sport. He had to fly 14,000 miles in between the Australian Grand Prix and Malaysia this weekend to give moral support to 19-year-old Nic, who suffers from cerebral palsy. And he hit a nice balance of not trying to hog the limelight from his kid brother, but accepting he couldn't be a recluse either and talking briefly to the media. "I am just incredibly proud. I was smiling the whole way through the race," he said.

Hamilton's enthusiasm for watching Renault Clio racing is a sign of the big moves he's made to sort his life out away from the track. He made peace with his dad while they were in the pits at Melbourne, too, and it won't do his performances any harm when he does get back behind the wheel this week.

If the Australian Grand Prix was all about the car - so Sebastian Vettell won because his was quickest - then this week in Sepang will be much more to do with the driver. Pirelli's boss Paul Hembery says the new tyres he's supplied will degrade far more quickly in the heat, so not even Sauber's rookie Mexican driver Sergio Perez, who drove Melbourne on just one change of tyres , will be able to finish in less than three pit stops. And the weather forecast says showers are probable.

Vettel's dominance - he's three wins on the bounce now including the back end of last season - means Hamilton's price has slid out to [5.9] to win in Malaysia. If he lands that he could give himself, and anybody brave enough to back him, plenty more to smile about.

Five things you might not know about Sergio Perez

1. Born January 1990 in Guadalajara, his father was a racing driver who also managed the career of Mexican Adrian Fernandez

2. He was six when he first tried go-karting and admits he cried because he was scared. Brother Antonio - now a NASCAR driver - laughed at him, as big brothers do, so he stuck with it and by the end of the day had fallen in love with driving

3. After winning karting titles in Mexico and America he moved to Germany aged 15 where he lived in a small room above a Bavarian restaurant.

4. His career has been supported by the family of Mexican Telcoms tycoon and businessman Carlos Slim, the world's richest man estimated to be worth more than 14 billion pounds

5. From a religious family, he races wearing a Jesus bracelet his grandmother gave him, and says he prays before each start "not to be safe, but to win"

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Dancing On Ice: Enter Hamilton

Dancing On Ice / Eliot Pollak / 09 March 2011 / Leave a Comment

Could Laura sneak up on the outside to deny long-term favourite Sam Attwater?

"Hamilton's ability on the ice, not to mention likeability, has transformed a runaway Sam Attwater victory, into an exciting two-horse race."

Watch out! Dancing On Ice has suddenly got interesting as the previously impregnable favourite Sam Attwater has been drawn into a battle for the winner's crown with Laura Hamilton

The obvious peril of any knock-out reality television show is that as the weeks progress, the number of eclectic and alluring characters diminish (particularly as the novelty characters, the Wagners et al, are gradually shoved out,) leaving some rather dull, albeit competent, remnants.

The success of the format thereon, depends on tension replacing variety. At the beginning we tune in because we like to laugh at fools. Then we tune in because we have really taken to that bloke from The Bill. Once he goes, the sole lure is drama.

DOI producers must therefore be incredibly grateful to Laura Hamilton. Her ability on the ice, not to mention likeability, has transformed a runaway Sam Attwater victory, into an exciting two-horse race. Reality telly voters, who notoriously love 'a journey', may see something in the previously unknown girl-next-door, rather than the slightly arrogant soap star.

Attwater is still the favourite - but he is now trading at above evens for the first time in weeks. Hamilton is in to [3.05], and is virtually unbackable in the 'without Attwater' market ([1.25]).

Indeed, judge Jason Gardiner now expects Hamilton to be the first ice-skater on the show to receive full marks for a performance. According to reports, her routines are now becoming so daring and intricate that medics have been placed on red alert to tend to her should she fall foul of motion sickness.

The only other horse in town is Chloe Madeley, and we mean that in a nice way. She is available at [6.2] in the Winners market, or [3.05] to be the best female. This week young Madeley has been grumbling to the press about the near-naked group tanning sessions that the contestants are encouraged to attend, in between gliding around ice rinks. Apparently, she's concerned about men gawking at her bits. Someone pass her the burka.

She has also complained to the tabloids that her boyfriend is TOO good looking. This may be an enormous tactical mistake - alienating the vast mob of voters who married absolutely revolting-looking men, and would love to have such a magnificent problem. She is [4.4] to be booted out this week.

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